"...I use GNU/Linux + Firefox to manage my finances on a variety of web sites including Wells Fargo and Vanguard, and I have not had the frustration I experienced today at citicards.com and citibank.com..."
Read more »Citibank: You’re on Notice
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
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It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
Microsoft appears to be using a Linux based wireless LAN and loving it.
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Open Source Contribution - Alternative to Certification?
Did you ever spend your time on preparing for Java certification exams? I did. I got 5 different certificates in the beginning of my carreer. I was so proud those days about this achievement, but now I don’t even know where are those precious certificates. I just don’t see the value in those anymore.
Read more »The OLPC Linux Based Laptop Wins International Design Award
Yesterday, the Linux based One Laptop Per Child was presented an INDEX: AWARD for winning the Community category. The INDEX: AWARD is presented every other year, and in addition to the glory, each award comes with a €100 000 prize. INDEX: AWARD operates with five categories, which refer to the context for which the designs are intended: body, home, work, play and community.
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Grassroots Campaign Seeks to get GNU/Linux On the Air
Grassroots public relations campaign aims to get GNU/Linux mentioned on radio talk shows.
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Open Source and Community: Does it matter?
Does it really have to be the open source that drives the community contributions, and thus defines at least this measure of the success of the project?
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Help your national board say "NO" to OOXML
"For those who wish to know the gory details, here is a quick way to get them. These eight points are part of a petition circulated by the organization OOXML..."
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FSDaily crosses 1000 user mark!
We have reason to celebrate because FSDaily recently crossed the 1000 user mark! This is great news because we have only been up and running for 3 months and have only been advertising on Free Software Magazine. So word of mouth must be working well.
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How do you market your FOSS project?
Blue GNU has launched a simple poll aimed at understanding whether and how FOSS projects market themselves. The 4-week project is an effort to help the community understand marketing and its impact on the progress of various projects.
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Petition: Support Open Standards
"There is an important issue facing the European Commission now with regard to standards, and they need to hear from you. Please support this campaign in favor of open standards by adding your signature on their web page (by 2007 September 15), answering the European Commission's request for comments, and asking your friends and colleagues to do the same..."
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Microsoft Sales Tactics Breed Mistrust
A conversation between two IT management types displayed a definite mistrust of Microsoft's sales reps during a re-licensing negotiation. Yet we're supposed to trust a cmpany with a long history of dishonest behavior and a hostile attitude toward the FOSS community with the OSI stamp of approval?
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Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the “iPlayer”
"Two weeks after the BBC officially launched the iPlayer, protesters wearing bright yellow Hazmat suits gathered outside BBC Television Center in London and BBC headquarters in Manchester to demand that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) be eliminated from the BBC..."
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GNOME Community Celebrates 10 Years of Software Freedom, Innovation and Industry Adoption
"A one month, world-wide celebration of GNOME's tenth anniversary begins this week, culminating in mid-September with Software Freedom Day and the release of GNOME 2.20.
Read more »Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, has, along with others like Richard Stallman, literally changed the world of software forever.
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